Java investment to be restricted<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government, in an effort to evenly
\ndistribute industrial investment in Indonesia and curb the
\nconversion of productive agricultural land for non-farming
\nventures, will soon restrict further industrial development in
\nJava to the island's industrial estates.<\/p>\n
Rahadi Ramelan, deputy chief of the National Development
\nPlanning Board, said that if prospective investors intend to
\nbuild industrial plants in Java, they must do so within
\nindustrial estates which, he said, currently still had vacant
\nplots.<\/p>\n
He said a government regulation providing a spatial
\nmasterplan, which was currently being finalized, is expected to
\nencourage industrialists to invest in regions outside Java and
\npersuade them to occupy the vacant land in many of Java's
\nindustrial estates.<\/p>\n
The draft of the regulation has already been completed and has
\nbeen submitted to the related ministries, he said as quoted by
\nAntara.<\/p>\n
The implementation of the ruling, he added, will be discussed
\nin a coordinated meeting led by the state minister of national
\ndevelopment planning.<\/p>\n
The deputy chief of the resources development unit of the
\nAgency for Technology Assessment and Application (BPPT), M.T.
\nZein, said it is essential to create new development centers in
\neastern Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Currently, nine such centers exist, including Sanggau (for
\nWest Kalimantan), Seram (for Maluku), Manado-Bitung (for North
\nSulawesi), Bima (for West and East Nusa Tenggara) and Pare-pare
\n(for Central Sulawesi).<\/p>\n
Zein said that by the end of the second Long-term Development
\nPlan period, which will end in 2019, eastern Indonesia is
\nexpected to have 54 growth centers.<\/p>\n
The sectors which will play the biggest role in the eastern
\nprovinces will include fisheries, shipping, agribusiness,
\nforestry, mining, tourism and services, Zein said.<\/p>\n
Coordinating Minister for Industry and Trade Hartarto said
\nearlier that the government was presently considering the
\npossibility of issuing 80-year land permits, such as those issued
\non Batam Island in Riau.<\/p>\n
Land permits for industry in other parts of Indonesia
\ncurrently expire after 30 years.<\/p>\n
Rahadi said that during the current sixth Five-Year
\nDevelopment Plan period, which began in April 1994, 54 percent of
\nroad and bridge construction work will take place in eastern
\nIndonesia, 44 percent of the state budget for harbor facilities
\nwill be allocated for that region, while 33 percent of the
\ndevelopment of irrigation systems and 53 percent of the country's
\nnew rice fields will be developed there.(pwn)<\/p>\n
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